On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 15:29, Mo McRoberts <m...@nevali.net> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 15:09, Scot McSweeney-Roberts > <bbc_backst...@mcsweeney-roberts.co.uk> wrote: > >> WebKit wasn't Apple's - It was from originally KDE. >> Darwin is BSD on top of a Mach microkernel - again, not Apple's code. > > Oh, right, well if it's that easy, I'll just toddle off here and build > my _own_ OS kernel on top of Mach 2.5[0], update the BSD layer to > match FreeBSD 5, apply a huge wodge of fixes (seriously, have you seen > some of Mach's code from that era? it's horrible), build a new device > driver layer, have it running on three different primary architectures > (of which two come in both 32-bit and 64-bit variants), and build a > certified SUS userspace on top of that. See you in ten years! > >
Or you could do it the Apple way and buy a company that has already done it. Ideally, that company would be run your former CEO that you pushed out in favour of a guy best known for selling coloured sugar water. Scot - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
